“ The sport is very common in Europe, and in America it is the subject of a national contest for the Bell Quoit Medal. The rules laid down in 1899 require the heads of the pins to be one inch above the ground into which they are driven, 18 yards apart, and the player to deliver his quoit from his hand with his first step. They leave the weight of the quoit unlimited, but restrict its external diameter to 8 inches. No quoit counts unless fairly delivered on the clay, free from the outer rim, and no quoit on its back counts, unless it holds clay, or is knocked out by another quoit. ”